nanjing top ten list of tourist attractions, take you to appreciate the charm of the ancient capital!

Nanjing is a city with a long history and profound cultural heritage, which has played an important role in Chinese history for thousands of years. Nanjing is not only the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, but also a tourist destination with the perfect integration of modern civilization and historical heritage. Next, I will give you a summary of the list of Nanjing's top ten tourist attractions to show you the charm of the ancient capital!

1. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum

Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum is located at the southern foot of Maofeng in Zhongshan. It is the mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the great forerunner of the democratic revolution. The mausoleum was started in January 1926, the main building was completed in the spring of 1929, and the Feng'an ceremony was held on June 1 of the same year. The work continued until the end of 1931. The Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum covers an area of two thousand acres and is built on the mountain. It is facing Pingchuan in front and Qingzhang in the back. It is majestic and has a "free bell" shape. The mausoleum building is axisymmetric, with a flat distance of 700 meters from the memorial arch, tomb passage, tomb gate and stele pavilion to the memorial hall and tomb chamber, with a height difference of 70 meters. There are 10 392-grade stone steps and platforms, all of which are constructed of white granite and reinforced cement and covered with blue glass tiles. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum was listed as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in the country, and was selected into the list of "the first batch of Chinese 20th Century Architectural Heritage". There are many commemorative buildings near the mausoleum, such as music stage, Xingjian Pavilion, Guanghua Pavilion, Liuhuixie, Sutra Collection Building and so on.

2. Confucius Temple

Nanjing Confucius Temple is located in Gongyuan Street on the north bank of Qinhuai River in Qinhuai District of Nanjing City, west of Jiangnan Gongyuan. It is located in the core area of Qinhuai scenic belt of Confucius Temple, namely Nanjing Confucius Temple, Nanjing Confucian Temple and Wenxuan Wang Temple. It is the first national highest university in China, one of the four Confucian temples in China, the hub of ancient Chinese culture, the gathering place of Jinling history and culture, and culture, and culture in the Ming and Qing Dynasty, and Nanjing, at the same time, it is also the top cultural and educational building group in the southeast provinces.

3. Nanjing Museum

Nanjing Museum is located at the southern foot of Zijin Mountain and the north side of Zhongshan Gate in Nanjing, covering an area of more than 70000 square meters. It is the first large-scale comprehensive museum invested and built by the state in China. It has been rated as "national advanced unit of public cultural facilities management", "national first-class museum", "national museum jointly built by central and local governments" and "national patriotic education demonstration base".

4. Nanjing Presidential Office

The Nanjing Presidential Palace is located at No. 292 Changjiang Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing. It is the largest and most well-preserved building complex in modern Chinese architecture. It is also one of the main representatives of Nanjing's Republic of China architecture and an important site in modern Chinese history. Since modern times, the Nanjing Presidential Palace has repeatedly become the center of China's political and military affairs and the source of major events. A series of major events in China may take place here, which is closely related to it, and many important figures have been active here.

5. Ming Xiaoling

Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum is located under Mount Everest in Dulongfu, at the southern foot of Zhongshan Mountain. It is the mausoleum of the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and the queen Ma Shi of the Ming Dynasty. It was built in 1381 A. D., and Zhu Yuanzhang was buried here in 1398. In 1413, the "Great Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum" was built for 32 years. Today's Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum scenic area is dominated by the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum Palace area, including the Golden Gate, Sifang City, Shinto and other ancillary facilities, as well as the surrounding Xiamafang, Plum Blossom Valley, Plum Blossom Mountain, Ming Dongling, Zixia Lake and other scenic spots. The Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum was listed as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in the country. On July 3, 2003, it was reviewed and approved by the 27th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. The Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum was included in the "World Heritage List" as an expansion project of the Ming and Qing Royal Tombs.

6. Xuanwu Lake Park

Xuanwu Lake Park is located in the center of Nanjing city, east pillow Zhongshan, west by the Ming City Wall, known as the "Pearl of Jinling". The total area of the scenic spot is 513 hectares, including 378 hectares of lake surface and 135 hectares of land. The green coverage rate is 88.7 percent. It is rich in ancient and famous trees, rare animals and plants, pleasant ecological environment, beautiful landscape in the four seasons, and harmonious coexistence of man and nature. Huanzhou Yanliu, Liangzhou Qiuju, Yingzhou Huahai, Cuizhou Yunshu, Lingzhou Shanlan, shining.

7. Jiming Temple

Jiming Temple is located in Nanjing Xuanwu District Jilong Shandong Lu Fu, also known as the ancient Jiming Temple, was built in the first year of Yongkang in the Western Jin Dynasty (300 years), has a history of more than 1,700 years, is one of the oldest sanskrit and royal temples in Nanjing, incense has been exuberant, since ancient times, "the first temple of the Southern Dynasties", "Southern Dynasties and China Qixie Qixie Temple, the center of Buddhism.

8. Qixia Mountain

Qixia Mountain was called Sheshan in ancient times, also known as Umbrella Mountain. It is located in the northeast suburb of Nanjing City. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the Yangtze River in the north. The total area of the scenic spot is 860 hectares, and the main peak Fengxiang Peak is 286 meters above sea level. It was called "the first Jinling Ming Xiushan" by Emperor Qianlong ". Since the Ming Dynasty, there has been "autumn Qixia", "Qixia Danfeng" is one of the new 40 scenic spots in Jinling, Qixia has many kinds of red leaves, especially Liquidambar, including red maple, acorn maple, feather maple, beech tree, Coptia, etc., every late autumn, the mountains are red all over the mountains, like sunset perched, is one of the four spectacular, it with its unique charm to attract many tourists to watch red leaves in our country.

9. Zhanyuan

Zhanyuan is located in the core area of the Confucius Temple Qinhuai Scenic Belt in Qinhuai District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province. It is the oldest existing classical garden of the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing. It is one of the four famous gardens in the south of the Yangtze River. Its history can be traced back to the palace of Wu before Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty ". It is now a national key cultural relics protection unit and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction.

10. Site of Dabaoen Temple

The site of Dabaoen Temple is located at No. 1 Yuhua Road, Qinhuai District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province. In the tenth year of Ming Yongle (1412), Zhu Di, the ancestor of Ming Dynasty, was built to commemorate the birth mother Concubine Gong. It was once called the three Jinling temples together with Linggu Temple and Tianjie Temple. The Dabaoen Temple site is the highest, largest and most well-preserved temple site in China. It is of great value to the study of Buddhist architecture and history in southern China.